Controlling Default Model Views

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This tutorial will show you all the View attributes that you can control to your liking. These are the views settings that are used when you perform a right-click on an object and create views. Please note that you can pick and choose the ones you want. You do not have to do them all. Regardless to which one(s) you do choose, the attribute(s) you save away will always will visible in the View Properties drop-down list. Please also see this video link for customizing default views https://support.tekla.com/article/controlling-default-model-views.

Here are all the View attributes that this tutorial covers.

For all of these view attributes, there are 2 critical things that you must follow.

1. The View - Name you enter in the Name field must be as shown for each attribute.

2. The Save as name must be entered as shown for each attribute.

Assembly Views

When creating the views for Assemblies, first make sure that the Select assemblies icon is down.

Then select any assembly in the model and create the desired view(s) by selecting one of these options in the right-click menu.

In the resulting view(s), double-click on the view background to open up the View Properties dialog. By doing this, the View - Name should be correct. Next change the Display settings of the view to those you prefer and then save the view away with the corresponding Save as name shown here.

	Save as	Name
3D View	assembly_basic_view	(Basic view)
Default Views	assembly_front_view	(Front view)
	assembly_end_view	(End view)
	assembly_top_view	(Top view)
	assembly_persp_view	(Perspective view)
Undeformed View	assembly_undeformed_view	(Undeformed view)

Component Views

When creating the views for Components, first make sure that the Select components icon is down.

Then select any component in the model and create the desired view(s) by selecting one of these options in the right-click menu.

	Save as	Name
3D View of Component	component_basic_view	(Component basic view)
Default Views of Component	component_front_view	(Component front view)
	component_end_view	(Component end view)
	component_top_view	(Component top view)
	component_persp_view	(Component perspective view)

Custom Component Editor Views

When creating the views for the Custom Component Editor, first make sure that the Select component icon is down.

Then select any custom component in the model and in the right-click menu, select Edit Custom Component.

In the Custom Component Editor view(s), double-click on the view background to open up the View Properties dialog. By doing this, the View - Name should be correct. Next change the Display settings of the view to those you prefer and then save the view away with the corresponding Save as name shown here.

	Save as	Name
Default Views in Custom Component Editor	custom_object_editor_front_view	(Custom component editor - front view)
	custom_object_editor _end_view	(Custom component editor - end view)
	custom_object_editor _top_view	(Custom component editor - top view)
	custom_object_editor _perspective_view	(Custom component editor - perspective view)

Part Views

When creating the views for Parts, first make sure that the
Select objects in components icon is down.

Then select any part in the model and create the desired view(s) by selecting one of these options in the right-click menu.

	Save as	Name
3D View	part_basic_view	(Part basic view)
Default Views	part_front_view	(Part front view)
	part_end_view	(Part end view)
	part_top_view	(Part top view)
	part_persp_view	(Part perspective view)
Undeformed View	part_undeformed_view	(Part undeformed view)